GRE Word List

PROPONENT

one who argues in favor of something : advocate

The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.

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WordMeaning
asceticpracticing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
turgidexcessively embellished in style or language : bombastic
tenancya holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate
credencemental acceptance as true or real
tacta keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense
actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
equineof, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family
monotonytedious sameness